fortios_facts – Get facts about fortios devices

New in version 2.9.

Synopsis

  • Collects facts from network devices running the fortios operating system. This module places the facts gathered in the fact tree keyed by the respective resource name. This facts module will only collect those facts which user specified in playbook.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • fortiosapi>=0.9.8

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
gather_subset
list / elements=dictionary / required
When supplied, this argument will restrict the facts collected to a given subset. Possible values for this argument include system_current-admins_select, system_firmware_select, system_fortimanager_status, system_ha-checksums_select, system_interface_select, system_status_select and system_time_select
fact
string / required
Name of the facts to gather
filters
list / elements=dictionary
Filters apply when gathering facts
host
string
FortiOS or FortiGate IP address.
https
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
Indicates if the requests towards FortiGate must use HTTPS protocol.
password
string
Default:
""
FortiOS or FortiGate password.
ssl_verify
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Ensures FortiGate certificate must be verified by a proper CA.
username
string
FortiOS or FortiGate username.
vdom
string
Default:
"root"
Virtual domain, among those defined previously. A vdom is a virtual instance of the FortiGate that can be configured and used as a different unit.

Notes

Note

  • Support both legacy mode (local_action) and httpapi
  • Legacy mode run as a local_action in your playbook, requires fortiosapi library developed by Fortinet
  • httpapi mode is the new recommend way for network modules

Examples

- hosts: localhost
  vars:
    host: "192.168.122.40"
    username: "admin"
    password: ""
    vdom: "root"
    ssl_verify: "False"

  tasks:
  - name: gather basic system status facts
    fortios_facts:
      host:  "{{ host }}"
      username: "{{ username }}"
      password: "{{ password }}"
      vdom:  "{{ vdom }}"
      gather_subset:
        - fact: 'system_status_select'

  - name: gather all physical interfaces status facts
    fortios_facts:
      host:  "{{ host }}"
      username: "{{ username }}"
      password: "{{ password }}"
      vdom:  "{{ vdom }}"
      gather_subset:
        - fact: 'system_interface_select'

  - name: gather gather all physical and vlan interfaces status facts
    fortios_facts:
      host:  "{{ host }}"
      username: "{{ username }}"
      password: "{{ password }}"
      vdom:  "{{ vdom }}"
      gather_subset:
        - fact: 'system_interface_select'
          filters:
            - include_vlan: true

  - name: gather basic system info and physical interface port3 status facts
    fortios_facts:
      host:  "{{ host }}"
      username: "{{ username }}"
      password: "{{ password }}"
      vdom:  "{{ vdom }}"
      gather_subset:
        - fact: 'system_status_select'
        - fact: 'system_interface_select'
          filters:
            - interface_name: 'port3'

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key Returned Description
build
string
always
Build number of the fortigate image

Sample:
1547
http_method
string
always
Last method used to provision the content into FortiGate

Sample:
GET
name
string
always
Name of the table used to fulfill the request

Sample:
firmware
path
string
always
Path of the table used to fulfill the request

Sample:
system
revision
string
always
Internal revision number

Sample:
17.0.2.10658
serial
string
always
Serial number of the unit

Sample:
FGVMEVYYQT3AB5352
status
string
always
Indication of the operation's result

Sample:
success
vdom
string
always
Virtual domain used

Sample:
root
version
string
always
Version of the FortiGate

Sample:
v5.6.3


Status

Authors

  • Don Yao (@fortinetps)
  • Miguel Angel Munoz (@mamunozgonzalez)
  • Nicolas Thomas (@thomnico)

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